"Feiyan, Xiaoxiao, you and Sheng Dong stay here. Yin'er and I will make a trip to the Water Barbarians' lair and deal with them. If Fellow Daoist Zhao returns, Feiyan, do your best to capture him," Shi Yue instructed.
He planned to bring Xiaoyaozi along to deal with the Water Barbarians. He did not consider them much of a threat; his real target was Fellow Daoist Zhao.
Shi Yue was curious about which faction wanted to buy so many human cultivators. The Earth Barbarian Tribe alone had sold tens of thousands of cultivators, including Void Refining Cultivators.
Cauldrons were occasionally auctioned in the Cultivation World, but never in such numbers. Who would sell tens of thousands of cultivators like the Earth Barbarian Tribe? The Water Barbarians had probably sold even more.
Why buy so many cultivators? To use them as servants? Or to practice some kind of secret art?
Shi Yue had read relevant texts. Some Demonic Dao Cultivators used cultivators' Essence Blood to train. This brought the Blood Ancestor to mind. Could Blood Ancestor be behind Fellow Daoist Zhao?
He had grievously wounded Blood Ancestor, and now large numbers of cultivators were going missing. Perhaps Blood Ancestor had ordered it.
"Understood, husband. Be careful," Qu Feiyan and Murong Xiaoxiao replied readily. They knew how strong Shi Yue was and felt relatively at ease.
After a few more reminders, Shi Yue took Yin'er and headed straight for the Water Barbarian Tribe's territory.
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On an unknown Cultivation Star, an endless Black Mountain Range stretched into the distance. At its center lay a Giant Valley, with passages leading in every direction.
A ten-odd-zhang-wide Earth Fire Pool lay inside the valley, continuously spewing flames. A zhang-long Blood-colored Saber floated above it, wrapped in roaring fire. Nearby, a gaunt Blood-robed Elder sat cross-legged,